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Dick Durbin: “If you can equalize everything else in life, then the job should go to an American.”

On the recordApril 21, 2013
If you can equalize everything else in life, then the job should go to an American.
Said by
Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin asserts that American candidates should be prioritized if qualifications are equal.

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